The Dickinson press., 1887-12-10
THE NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS
Interesting Items Briefly Chronicle
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For Our Readers.
Serglus Shevitch, the Russian nihilist,
will edit the Arbeiter Zeitung, Spies old
paper.
The navy department has invited pro-
posals for supplying q submarine vessel
for naval purposes,
The Prohibition national convention
will be held the first Wednesday in June,
1883. in Indianapolis.
A broken rail wrecked six cars of wheat,
three of iron and six empties Wednes-
day near West Union.
1t is estimated that the demand for
coal in Milwaukee this winter will exceed
the supply by $4,000 tons.
The two militia companies at James,
VILE, Wis, have been consolidcd under
the command of Capt. Newman.
Prof. Dickcy, of Albion college, Sue
ceeds the late John b. Finch as chairman
of the Prohibition national committee.
The Duluth Evening Journal and
Herald were consolidated and will be
controlled by n stock company with $50
COO capital. Col. Lounsberry will be
editor.
The season OF lake navigation which
has just closed has been unusually profit
able to vessel-owners, but very disastrous
to insurance companies OH account of the
numerous heavy gales.
The Canadian Pacific Railway COM
pany intends doubling the capacity of its
freight rolling stock, and proposes build
ing between this and the end of next
year 1000 boX-cars and 200 locomotives.
The receipts at the Chicago stock
yards for the expired eleven months of
1881 show, as compared with the cores
ponding period last year, an increase of
3671, 500 cattle and SAG, 900 sheep, and a
decrease of 1921, 600 hogs.
At Fergus Falls fifty applications on
$500 acres of indemnity lands have been
filed.
The Canadian Pacific will build 4, 600
freight cars and 200 locomotives for next
season.
a new railroad company, to be known
as the st. Paul & Southern, has been Or
ganized.
For the month of November, 157 home
stead entries and 105 prc-emptions were
filed at the land Office in st. Cloud, Mimi.
Transcontinental roads nave succeeded
in forming M association to go into effect
Jan. 1. Headquarters will be in Denver.
New York Herald special says that
since the election at Atlanta the negroes
there are acting in averylawless manner.
Col. Britton, of the Minnesota & Da-
kota railroad, states that a contract has
been let for grading 200 miles. The work
is to be pushed in the spring.
The fishing season has closed at Du-
luth. The catch has been particularly
good, over 1000, 900 pounds having been
marketed. The industry has employed
over 200 men.
The increase in the earnings Of the
Northern Pacific road during the month
of November, was the largest in the
history of the road. Freight earnings,
81, 115,512; passenger earnings, 1856, AIT,
Both Jem Mace and Jake Kilrain are
assidulously training for their coming
mill. kilrain, who is at Westgate, Eng.
land, is i'll fine condition and is receiving
valuable assistance from Charley
Mitchell.
DIR. Parker has sent his check for $7O(
to the secretary of the Beecher monu
mcnt fund.
The new scale of steel workers, now be
ing prepared to go into effect Jan. /
Mt Pittsburg, will probably be accepted
by the employers.
The receipts of the Brooklyn bridg,
Monday aggregated $3.50. 80, the larges
sum taken on any one day since tn,
structure was thrown open to the public
y special from Chicago has it tina
President Stickney, of the Minnesota s
Northwestern, states that he has ordered
l,5OO more freight cars, that the St. 10
seph, Mo-, branch will be completed mex
spring, and that his line has all the bust
ness it can do.
II new law, passed by the last Wis
consin legislature, providing for a count,
tax to assist INDECENT soldiers, has Jus
gone into effect and is found to be pro
ductive of great benefit. Each count,
raises n special tax for the purpose an,
takes care of the dependent ex-soldier
within its borders.
I The annual meeting of the Minnesot
Valley Medical association is in session q
Mankato.
Thirty thousand tons of coal are burr
Ing In the Grand Trunk yards at POI
Huron, Mich.
NJ. Goblet has informed President Ca,
not that he would undertake to form
> ministry for France.
. Ex-President Grevy Is i'll. He receiv,
! no visitors. His memoirs have bee
!, ! written by his nephew